Susie Maxine Wilken
May 19, 1913-Dec. 31, 1977
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, January 2, 1978, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Word has been received here of the death Saturday of Susie Maxine Wilken, 64, of Stuart, Fla., formerly of Niles.
She was born May 19, 1913 in Boyne City, and left Niles in 1974.
On June 29, 1934 in Buchanan she married Vern Ernest Wilken, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Max and Robert, both of Niles; a brother, Nelson Hawks of Berrien Springs, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m Wednesday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Graham of the Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.